אַרְכָּא
ʼarkâʼ · H754 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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prolongation, lengthening
Process by which an event lasts longer than planned or expected
ExamplesDaniel 4:27 ‘Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: wipe away your sin by doing righteousness, and your wrongdoings by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’
Daniel 7:12 “As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but an extension of life was granted to them for an appointed period of time.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָוָאto be 1
- יְהַבdeliver 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- קָצַר qâtsar · H7114 · to be short, to be impatient
- Hebrew verb expressing shortness or shortening, the lexical opposite of lengthening/prolongation expressed by אַרְכָּא and its cognate family
In the other Testament 1 word
- μῆκος mēkos · G3372 · length
- Greek noun for spatial or temporal length, a direct translation equivalent for the Aramaic concept of lengthening/prolongation expressed by אַרְכָּא
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Endure002002003001
- Daniel 4:27 has Daniel counsel Nebuchadnezzar, “wipe away your sin by doing righteousness, and your wrongdoings by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.”
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H754. arka אַרְכָֿה (BaerDan 4:24 K§ 54, 3. 2) noun feminine a lengthening, prolonging…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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